US President Donald Trump has said a deal to end the war with Iran could be signed as early as Sunday, even as Tehran disputed the timeline and Israel carried out renewed strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs despite a declared ceasefire.
According to Al Jazeera, Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would “open to all” once the deal is signed, and claimed the United States would eventually secure access to Iran’s nuclear material. Iranian media, however, reported that Tehran had “not yet taken a final decision” on the proposed framework agreement, with officials suggesting any signing could instead take place in the “coming days” rather than immediately. Qatari negotiators were reported to have travelled to Iran in an effort to help finalise the deal.
While diplomatic efforts continued, fighting on a separate front showed no sign of easing. The Israeli military said it had targeted the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, describing the strike as aimed at Hezbollah “infrastructure” in a statement posted to Telegram.
Hezbollah, in its own statement via Telegram, said it had struck a newly established Israeli army artillery position in the town of al-Adissa, located in the Marjeyoun district of Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, describing the attack as involving a heavy rocket. The Israeli military separately said Hezbollah had launched three projectiles towards communities in northern Israel, calling it a serious violation of the ceasefire. It said the projectiles had landed near the towns of Shomera and Shlomi, adding that this followed two further projectiles that had crossed into Israeli territory over the weekend.
The exchanges underscore the fragility of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah even as the higher-profile negotiations between Washington and Tehran appear to edge closer to a resolution, with both sides offering differing accounts of how quickly any agreement might be formalised.
